The Lighthouse

How We Work With Founders:

Our mission is to build billion-dollar tech companies in Nashville, TN- by investing early, showing up hard, and growing alongside founders from day one.

Why Founders Choose The Lighthouse

• We go earlier than almost anyone, before traction, headlines, or hype 

• We lead with a platform-first, give-before-we-take approach.

• We work extremely hard for our founders- intros, customers, team, capital.

• We know founders as people, not just companies.

Our Process

Here's exactly how we work together, from first meeting to funding and beyond.

Step 1  Meet the Community

The best introductions happen organically- through our events, community dinners, and network. Feel free to email lorenzo@lt.house for upcoming Lighthouse-only events. Best way to start is to vibe with our other founders (: 

Step 2  Determine Fit

Not every great founder is the right fit for the Lighthouse, and that's okay. We look for a few non-negotiables:

• You're based in Nashville, TN and want to actively give and take from our founder community.

• You have (or plan to have) both a seller cofounder and a coder cofounder.

• You're solving a real problem in a massive market that makes sense to build in Nashville.

• You have a strong bias for action, you move fast and figure things out.

• You have a "why me" reason. This is your mission, not just a business idea. 

Step 3  We Get to Work

We don't just write checks and wait. We do our diligence by helping and we help across the board:

• Surround you with founders who've been there before and triage you to the right person.

• Find your first customers through our killer outbound capabilities.

• Help you recruit early team members through our community and network.

• Teach you the game of fundraising and find investors when the time is right.

• Be in your corner as a genuine cheerleader, through the highs and the hard parts.

Step 4  First Check

If you're the right fit for our community, our thesis, and we can help in more ways than one, we write a tiny check of $5K early. Just skin in the game, so we can signal to the market “we already invested”.

Step 5  Venture Process & SPV

When you're ready to raise, we help you run a full venture process and find the right lead fund. We then follow with a $100K–$200K SPV to invest meaningfully alongside you.